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Aye, the term rapier itself refers to a pool of different sword designs that falls under certain functional criteria, there's not really any limit on the thickness of the blade beyond what is dictated by the function.

Yeah, but in all the art where the sword is shown prominently, from up close... it's wide. In the rest... who knows what's an effect of perspective or whatever?

Yeah, possibly. Looking at the last scene in the OP (the one with Kirito's sword and Asuna's rapier), it's still hard to say..

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There's a cup. But nothing that extends to the pommel.

I'll admit that I'm no expert when it comes to swords, but must a rapier have protection that extends to the pommel, or is it just a matter of design and preference? Maybe abec thought it was unnecessary. *shrug*

Yeah, possibly. Looking at the last scene in the OP (the one with Kirito's sword and Asuna's rapier), it's still hard to say..

I'll admit that I'm no expert when it comes to swords, but must a rapier have protection that extends to the pommel, or is it just a matter of design and preference? Maybe abec thought it was unnecessary. *shrug*

It's not absolutely necessary, but most of them had them.

When it comes down to it, a rapier is mainly a thrusting weapon, even if it can cut. Asuna's looks like it's a slashing weapon that has a point.